Abstract Have you ever wondered how not-for-profit organizations are not-for-profit? Or how not-for-profit organizations can operate at an accounting profit but still be considered a not-for-profit organization? Over the year’‚ not-for-profit organizations have had many changes in rules and regulations set forth for not-for-profit organizations to abide by. There are three major financial statements involved with not-for-profit organizations and one voluntary financial statement‚ plus four key governmental
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NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS 13 2 Not-for-profit organisations Key points Many not-for-profit organisations (NFPs) feel they are poorly understood by government and the general public. Pressures to be more efficient have seen overhead spending reduced at considerable detriment to effectiveness and improved resource allocation over time (allocative efficiency). The sector is diverse‚ but NFPs display some common behavioural patterns: – Whereas the behaviour of for-profit business is driven mostly
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Chapter 1 – Nature and regulation of companies RQ 9. Outline the differences between shares and debentures. Ordinary shares attract no fixed rate of dividend‚ carry voting rights and may participate in surplus assets and profits of the company – they represent ownership of x% of the company. Ordinary shares are classified as equity. The company may issue shares either fully paid or partly paid (s. 254A). If partly paid shares are issued‚ the shareholder is liable to pay calls on the shares
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Economic Profit and Accounting Profit When it comes to business decisions‚ there are many ways to analysis the financial status of a firm. What guidelines determine profit margin? Who uses these guidelines? How is profit used to analysis a firm and its business decisions? This paper will discuss two terms that are used to define profit: accounting profit and economic profit. The first term is called accounting profit which uses the equa-tion. The second term for profit is economic profit. Economic
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Q8-1 The purpose of Debt Service Funds is “to account for and report resources that are restricted‚ committed‚ or assigned to expenditure for principal and interest on general long-term liabilities”. Only general government long-term liabilities that are recorded in the General Long-Term Liabilities are serviced through Debt Service Funds. GAAP requires that a Debt Service Fund be used to account for debt service on general long-term liabilities only if (1)Use of Debt Service Fund is legally
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customisation and high profit margins. A job cost system is done to submit the cost information for the customers where in this case towards Marty and Drina. It’s also useful for determining the accuracy of Glitzy Ball Gowns’ estimating system‚ which should be able to quote prices that allow for the high profit margins for Glitzy Ball Gowns. Glitzy Ball Gowns do not produce a large number of attires‚ so in order for them to succeed they have to ensure that they achieve a high profit margin on each attire
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ENGL 1101 Why Companies Profits Declined Since the beginning of the last recession United States companies profits have declined drastically. Small local businesses were hurting because of the recession. Record shows “The boom in American corporate profits‚ which has far outpaced the gains in the broader economy since the end of the last recession‚ is faltering” (Schwartz). Even companies worldwide whose majorities of its customers were Americans suffered a loss. Europe economy has taken a down
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I- Introduction State and local governments play an important role in the U.S’s economy. According to the Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting‚ “State and local government is truly big business. The 50 states and 87‚000 local governments within the United States employ more than 17 million persons – almost six times the federal government civilian employment – and spend more than $1.8 trillion annually” (Freeman‚ Shoulders‚ Allision‚ Patton and Smith‚ p.32). The Escambia County‚ located in the northwestern
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ACCOUNTING: COMPANY REPORT ON SNAGS LTD Prepared for: Management of Snags Ltd Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Introduction 4 Ratio Analysis 5 Return on Equity Ratio 6 Return on Assets Ratio 6 Asset Turnover Ratio 7 Inventory Turnover Ratio 7 Account Receivables Turnover Ratio 8 Gross Profit Margin 9 Net Profit Margin 9 Current Ratio 10 Gearing Ratio (Debt to Equity Ratio) 11 Profitability 11 Liquidity 11 Efficiency 12 Capital Structure
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1. award: 0 out of 0.00 points On January 1‚ Puckett Company paid $2.64 million for 88‚000 shares of Harrison’s voting common stock‚ which represents a 40 percent investment. No allocation to goodwill or other specific account was made. Significant influence over Harrison is achieved by this acquisition and so Puckett applies the equity method. Harrison distributed a dividend of $2 per share during the year and reported net income of $613‚000. What is the balance in the Investment in Harrison
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